medra

See also: medrá

Asturian

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from medrar (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛðɾɐ]

Noun

medra f (plural medras)

1. growth, increase

   Synonym: crecemento

2. advancement

   Synonyms: ascenso, progreso, promoción

3. growth spurt
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:
     Eu brindo po la saude
     da nosa Siñora Reyna
     Christobo:
     Eu brindo po lo Infante,
     que Deus lle dè moytas medras.

     Afonso:
     "I toast the health
     of our Lady the Queen"
     Cristobo:
     "I toast the prince,
     God give him many growths"

4. tree ring
5. acne

Derived terms

• para as medras (“too large”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “medra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “medra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “medra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladino

Alternative forms

• merda

Etymology

A metathesis (perhaps euphemistic) of Old Spanish mierda (“shit”), from Latin merdam (“shit”), from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”). Compare Spanish mierda.

Noun

medra f (Hebrew spelling מידרה)

1. (vulgar) shit; shite; crap

   Synonym: bok

   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 377:

     Tomo Nessim un igo, le empusho adientro de la boka de Chibi Liachi.
     Le disho Shmuellachi al eskaso: “Tu boka ke koma …”
     “Medra!” (²²) adjusto Nessim.
     De pishin se troko el igo ke estava adientro de la boka de Chibi Liachi en medra.

     Nessim took a fig [and] pushed it in Chibi Liachi’s mouth. Shmuellachi said of this pampering, ‘Your mouth eats…’
     ‘Shit’! Nessim added. Then the fig in Chibi Liachi’s mouth switched for crap.

Portuguese

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedɾa/ [ˈme.ð̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -edɾa
• Syllabification: me‧dra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

medra f (plural medras)

1. improvement, progress
2. growth, increase

Related terms

• medrar
• medro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “medra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Alternative forms

• medraf (first-person singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdra/
• Rhymes: -ɛdra

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medru:
   1. first-person singular present/future colloquial
   2. (rare) second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of medra

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
medra	fedra	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.